Death is all about life, and ancient texts are eloquent in this intricate and dynamic relationship between death and life. Different cultural, geographical, and temporal projections of this relationship bring this chapter from Mesopotamian Gilgamesh to Anatolian Dede Korkut and to the Ottoman Undead Lodge within the intersection of different temporalities and apprehensions in the death’s wider narratives. These texts show how the modern zombie figure only exists through its implications with the past. It brings with it the past with the divergent and volatile definitions of death. The main aim of this chapter is to delve into the nature of death with literary and cultural examples from Mesopotamia and Anatolia. Acknowledging the natural cycle of life and death, this chapter further looks into the zombie representations in terms of their inhabitance of body-mind dualism. Encompassing the fear of being a slave of corporeality without rational faculties, zombies hold a mirror to humanity’s modern location at the heart of reason and civilization. To beat a zombie, thus, shows human superiority over nature and body.